What did your life look like 10 years ago?

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As in 2009

Is it different to what it is today

I was in school doing my GCSEs ,today I am in a job.

I was living in a small flat in a city. Didn't really own anything expensive but my flat was very neat and quirky. Can't remember what job I had, I used to go from bar job to bar job back then. No kids, single, partied a lot, helped organise club nights, had lots of friends, took a fair amount of drugs etc.. was lots of fun actually.

Now I live in the countryside, stable job that I've worked at for 5 years, nice house with a lovely garden, 1 child, relationship status complicated single. No drugs these days but I also lost all my friends when I left that life behind too so i get quite loanly. But I feel much more content and genuinely happier than I ever have done before.
I wouldn't want to go back to 10 years ago ok maybe for one night but I do miss how carefree I used to be, just taking it from one day to the next and spending time with friends. I have some good memories of that time.
Oh! And I've grown into my looks and have much more style than I did back then so id say I'm better looking now, more wrinkled yeah but I can deal with that

I was 22, I had just finished university and moved into a tiny (windowless) room in a house share in London.

I was working in a cinema (usually asleep at the back and hugely hungover eating stolen cinema food).

Rugby training three times a week.

Every thursday, friday and saturday was a big night out, so I don’t remember most weekends, but I did wake up in a cell several times.

Forgot to do the now bit!

No longer live in a windowless room, I have a nice yet teeny flat. No more rugby (hoping to restart this year), one night out a month and I haven’t woken up in a police cell for a few years!

Similar to today but with less grey hairs.

DC were younger so i didn't have as much time to myself. I'm loving finding time for the gym now and being able to go out without organising a babysitter.

We're still in the same house and renovations are almost complete. Just need to tackle the garden!

2009 - married, owned house in London, working part-time in central London, 2 and 3 year old and cat and renovating whole house, went on holiday to South Africa and saw penguins, healthy.

2019 - still married, living in countryside in thatched cottage, still got London house too, kids now 12 and 13, renovating London house again, self-employed but in same career wfh part-time, holiday in Norway, health not great but otherwise very happy. Same cat who is now almost blind but super happy I am home everyday to cuddle her and purrs non-stop and two baby rabbits.

I was married to my ex h.
Still in the same job now but in a smaller house but much happier. I have a new dp and we are getting married.

I was starting uni! Graduated, messed around, moved countries... it certainly is all very different. I'm fatter now but wiser!

At this point in 2009 I was 25, in an unhappy but unserious relationship, living in London, working in events, couldn't drive.

Met my now DH later that year. Today - 35, married for nearly 6 years, live in the Midlands, two kids 4 and 1, work in higher education, have my own car. Quite a lot has happened in the past decade!

Moved countries. Married. No friends. Love my life.

10 years ago today, I had just found out that I was pregnant with my now 9 year old. DS1 was almost 2 and he was far nicer then than he is at nearly 12. I was a stone lighter, wasn't working very much. We lived in a different house. My MIL was still alive. Situation with my Dad was just as difficult and I was less accepting. Now, work for myself, which has its ups and downs. DS1 is a nightmare, he has just stuck his finger up at me cause I didn't make him what he wanted for tea and today he has been diagnosed with asthma. Love the house we are in but need more room. MIL died four years ago, Things still worrying with my Dad but at least we're speaking. Some new shit and some same old shit.

2009

Just chucked out of work in the credit crunch and was busy developing cancer.

2019

Still alive, cured, in a good job but still battling in my own way!

Early 20s, dating an idiot and being very poor, just starting out in my career.

Now, happily married (not to the idiot!), a beautiful toddler, well off, but a SAHM, which I never expected. 2009 me would definitely be shocked by that!

I was a single part time working mum trying to bring up my 12 year old daughter.

Now I live on my own, do what I like when I like and work full time. Life is the best.

Cocky little shit loving my job and running around London getting up to all sorts of mischief!

Talked my way into every members club going, won lots of business because I was working around the clock (PR so mischief and socialising were a bit part of the job) and eye on the prize of setting up my own company. I did it!

Also hadn't been diagnosed yet with bipolar so much of the above was due to me having frequent manic episodes. Thought I was invincible. Part of me misses that feeling!

I was finishing my second year of uni, working in a job I absolutely hated and engaged. Now have a job I like, I'm married and have recently had my first child

3 house moves, 3 periods of self employment, redundancy, and becoming a mum ❤️ Lots has changed! Lots has stayed the same though, still with DH, still not lost that weight 😁 It's all getting better with age

Everything is different. I wouldn't even recognise my life today. It's been a rollercoaster of a decade. In 2009 I'd have told you I would never have had kids, now I have 3!

2009: Finishing an MA. Not enjoying being single and wondering how much longer it would take me to meet someone.

2019: Still wondering how much longer it will take me to meet someone, but no longer expecting it to happen. Still, I've paid off the mortgage.

Mid 20s I was in the final year of my PhD, married to XH and living in a cute rented house in my university city. I was starting to think about what job to look for after. Had a decent social life and thought I was happy. Health wasn't good.

Now - I have been through two different careers, ditched XH and met and married excellent DH, sold a few houses and live in another town. Health is still not good but I'm fitter now and I've come to accept it. I am much happier now.

Had just moved in with now DH into his flat, was working a job I loved but for a boss who almost literally drove me insane, struggling with depression, was overweight and getting fatter, big debts. Now married, 2 dc, own a small house, debts other than mortgage gone, depression issues managed, lost all the weight and am a SAHM. Still feeling the effects of that boss though so thought I'd like to work, I'm also terrified for my mental health. Currently doing a similarish role as hoc on a voluntary basis though so I'm working my way back.

I had a 17 month old and had just met current DP, now have a strapping 11 year old, a 9 year old and a 6 year old. Moved house several times and had a variety of pets since!

Seeing this thread title reminded me that 10 years to this day was the day I got together with my ex husband. Was a young, carefree student at the time.

Now 10 years older and wiser I’m much happier, working in a job I love and with a new wonderful DP who I love. Not what I would have expected to happen on that day but that’s life.

I was living in a horrible brown rented flat with 3 weed-smoking guys (including my now dh). I was studying for a postgrad and working p/t in a bar. Had no money and a lot of debt, we lived hand to mouth. It was tough but we had fun.

I'm now married to him, he hasn't smoked in 8 years, we've just bought a house, both in good jobs we enjoy and I'm 39 weeks pregnant with our second child. Happy but a lot more tired!

Different house and different husband 😬🤣 i was happy then had 2 preschoolers, great job working PT. Fab friends. Size 14/16. Since then gor divorced then remarried 6 years later. Moved house and upped hours to FT. Similar size but have been slimmer. Same fab friends.

Single, living at home and just started a temp job having been unemployed due to redundancy for 3 months.

Now married, 2 children, mortgage, full time employment...and the biggest change? 10 years ago I could lie in bed all day, whereas these days I'm up and at 'em from 6.30